Event 55 - $10,000 World Championship No Limit Holdem Day 1c | 2007 World Series of Poker

07-08-2007 22:37 UTC-7

A Lucky Table Draw

[user40108]

Despite the enormous size of the Amazon Room and its approximately 200 tables, Allen Cunningham and his girlfriend Melissa Hayden are currently playing at adjacent tables within a few feet of one another. Being in such close proximity makes it extremely easy for them to keep an eye on each other's progress. For those of you unfamiliar with Hayden, her resume goes far beyond being Cunningham's girlfriend, she is an accomplished tournament player with over $800,000 in career earnings, and one of the top freelance photographers in poker.

Tags: Allen Cunningham Melissa Hayden

07-08-2007 22:35 UTC-7

Headphone Problems

[user22113]

During this year's WSOP we have heard of numerous situations where players' use of headphone's, especially the noise-cancelling ones, are causing problems.

Well a player on table 40 just found out how detrimental they can be.

In the big blind in seat one he saw a series of players limp, but missed the small blind, in seat 10, raise to 3,000. The dealer clearly announced the raise but the big blind could not hear him because of his headphones.

He moved all his chips in with A-10 and was called by the small blind who was holding queens.

He didn't improve, and after the hand admitted he didn't even know the small blind was in the hand.

07-08-2007 22:27 UTC-7

Not the Summer of George

[user38368]

Samuel Monigadon of Team PokerNews raises to 1,600 in early position. Jason Alexander makes it 4,500 on the button. Monigadon three-bets it all in for 24,350 more. Alexander folds and Monigadon shows K-K. Alexander says he had jacks. Monigadon is up to 31,550.

Tags: Jason Alexander Samuel Monigadon

07-08-2007 22:25 UTC-7

Scott Pendergrast Has Been Eliminated

[user38420]

On a board of {4-Diamonds}

, Scott Pendergrast was all in against one opponent. Pendergrast had {J-Hearts}

and his opponent had {K-Clubs}

. The

came on the turn, the {Q-Spades}

on the river, and Pendergrast was out the door.

Tags: Scott Pendergrast

07-08-2007 22:24 UTC-7

T.J. Cloutier Doubles Up With a Lucky River

[user40108]

After a flop of {J-Clubs}

, T.J. Cloutier got his last 13,500 all in against a lone opponent. Cloutier had top pair, holding {J-Diamonds}

, but was in bad shape against the Q-Q of his opponent. Cloutier got no help from the turn card as it came {A-Spades}

, but the river {J-Spades}

was one of the few cards left to keep him alive. Cloutier is now working with 37,000 in chips.

Tags: T.J. Cloutier

07-08-2007 22:23 UTC-7

J.C. Tran Doubles

[user22113]

We missed the action but it's not hard to figure out what happened when J.C. has the {A-Spades}

face-up in front of him.

A board showing {10-Hearts}

in the middle of the table...

...and a cardless opponent pushing a massive pile of chips J.C.'s way.

07-08-2007 22:22 UTC-7

David Filippi Running Well

[user38368]

David Filippi cracks aces with {J-Spades}

on a spade flop, turn and river. He's up to 85,000.

Tags: David Filippi

07-08-2007 22:15 UTC-7

The Jerk Store Called...

[user38368]

Jason Alexander has moved to table 78 and now faces Bill Gazes and two Team PokerNews players, Samuel Monigadon and Jussi Jaatinen.

Tags: Jason Alexander

07-08-2007 22:13 UTC-7

The VIP treatment

[user38334]

We stepped into the Party Poker VIP player lounge on the break to see what's up. Party Poker may not have sent as many players to the WSOP this year as they have done in the past, but they are going out of their way to make sure the players they have sent are enjoying their experience. ALL of their qualifiers have access to the lounge, which has a buffet of ice-cold drinks, hot food and sandwiches, as well as two luxury lounge areas where players can relax on breaks or on their days off. Oh, and while we were there it was a Scorsese-fest -- "Goodfellas" on one plasma screen, "Casino" on the other!

07-08-2007 22:12 UTC-7

Carl Olson's Rockets Fire

[user22113]

Carl's impressive start to this tournament continues, he just picked up another 30,000 and moved to nearly 100,000.

We picked up the action on the turn of this pot and there was already over 20,000 in the pot with just the small blind and Carl involved.

The small blind bet 10,000 on the turn {8-Hearts}

after a flop of {3-Clubs}

and Carl made the call.

The river was the {3-Spades}

, the small blind checked and Carl bet 12,000, a bet that was called. Carl showed {A-Spades}

and his opponent mucked.